Birra del Borgo Etrusca

Product Description

Style: Ancient Ale •• 9.3% ABV•

Archeobeer “Etrusca” is the search for a possible ancient recipe of a fermented drink dating back to the time of the Etruscans. Three exceptional master brewers have taken on the challenge: Leonardo di Vincenzo from Birra del Borgo, Teo Musso from Baladin, and Sam Calagione from Dogfish Head — in cooperation with professor Patrick McGovern, American archeologist & director of the laboratory of Molecular Archeology at the University of Pennsylvania, as well as being a fermented drinks expert. He is better known as Dr. Pat and has already worked with Sam on his Ancient Ales: beers inspired by the world ancient civilizations. The idea is to create a “beer” which the Etruscan may have drunk more than 2,500 years ago. Under Dr. Pat’s supervision, ingredients have been selected on the basis of the findings made at several Italian archeological sites.

The complex recipe has been shared by the three master brewers and each one of them has then decided to use a different fermentation technique. Birra del Borgo uses terracotta amphorae, Baladin has chosen a large oak barrel, and Dogfish Head has gone for copper.